Athletes, coaches across La. not jumping at idea

2:06 AM,
Apr. 6, 2014

ULM coach Todd Berry is against the idea of players having the right to unionize.

Written by

Glenn Guilbeau
GANNETT LOUISIANA

A group of college football players in Evanston, Ill., and a regional director of the National Labor Relations Board could one day help solve the early exodus issue with the LSU football program.

In the last two years, 14 Tigers have left for the NFL Draft before their senior season. A 24-page decision by Peter Ohr, a regional director of the NLRB in Chicago, on March 26 said Northwestern University football players should be paid as employees and should have the right to unionize and collectively bargain for better overall treatment, including better medical benefits.